Railway Fares and Charges




Num. 3.

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1885.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1885.

Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges on the New Zealand Railways.

I, EDWARD RICHARDSON, Minister for Public Works, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and all other powers in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby fix the following regulations and scale of fares, rates, and charges for the New Zealand Railways, to come into force on the nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, from which date all previous scales are declared to be hereby revoked.

As witness my hand this seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

PART I.—PASSENGERS.
GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.
Ordinary Tickets.

  1. Fares will be charged as specified in the “Schedule of Fares” following:—

Schedule of Fares.

No. of Miles. Fares.
Single. Ordinary. Return for Saturday and Sunday.
First. Second. First. Second.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 6
2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 9
3 0 0 9 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 10
4 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 3 0 0 10
5 0 1 2 0 0 9 0 1 6 0 1 0
6 0 1 4 0 0 10 0 1 9 0 1 2
7 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
8 0 1 8 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 6
9 0 1 10 0 1 3 0 2 6 0 1 8
10 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 2 9 0 1 10
11 0 2 4 0 1 7 0 3 0 0 2 0
12 0 2 6 0 1 8 0 3 3 0 2 2
13 0 2 9 0 1 10 0 3 7 0 2 5
14 0 2 11 0 2 0 0 3 10 0 2 7
15 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 9
16 0 3 4 0 2 3 0 4 4 0 2 11
17 0 3 7 0 2 5 0 4 8 0 3 1
18 0 3 9 0 2 6 0 4 11 0 3 3
19 0 4 0 0 2 8 0 5 2 0 3 6
20 0 4 2 0 2 10 0 5 5 0 3 8
21 0 4 5 0 2 11 0 5 9 0 3 10

Schedule of Fares—continued.

No. of Miles. Fares.
Single. Ordinary. Return for Saturday and Sunday.
First. Second. First. Second.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
22 0 4 7 0 3 1 0 6 0 0 4 0
23 0 4 10 0 3 3 0 6 3 0 4 2
24 0 5 0 0 3 4 0 6 6 0 4 4
25 0 5 3 0 3 6 0 6 10 0 4 7
26 0 5 5 0 3 8 0 7 1 0 4 9
27 0 5 8 0 3 9 0 7 4 0 4 11
28 0 5 10 0 3 11 0 7 7 0 5 1
29 0 6 1 0 4 1 0 7 11 0 5 3
30 0 6 3 0 4 2 0 8 2 0 5 5
31 0 6 6 0 4 4 0 8 5 0 5 8
32 0 6 8 0 4 6 0 8 8 0 5 10
33 0 6 11 0 4 7 0 9 0 0 6 0
34 0 7 1 0 4 9 0 9 3 0 6 2
35 0 7 4 0 4 11 0 9 6 0 6 4
36 0 7 6 0 5 0 0 9 9 0 6 6
37 0 7 9 0 5 2 0 10 1 0 6 9
38 0 7 11 0 5 4 0 10 4 0 6 11
39 0 8 2 0 5 5 0 10 7 0 7 1
40 0 8 4 0 5 7 0 10 10 0 7 3
41 0 8 7 0 5 9 0 11 2 0 7 5
42 0 8 9 0 5 10 0 11 5 0 7 7


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🚂 Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges on the New Zealand Railways

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7 January 1885
Fares, Rates, Charges, New Zealand Railways, Public Works Act 1882
  • Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works